The oil market still faces record oversupply next year, according to the monthly report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), but the glut estimate is now trimmed by about 230,000 barrels per day compared to the November forecast. The market is headed to as much as 3.84 million barrels per …
Read More »China to Launch First Small Modular Reactor in 2026
China plans to launch commercial operations at the world’s first small modular reactor (SMR) to generate nuclear energy as early as in the first half of 2026, according to the president of the China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy. The Linglong One reactor was the first SMR to be approved …
Read More »Oil Tanker Rates Skyrocket 467%
The supertanker market has tightened this year as crude supply from OPEC+ and the Americas rises and vessels make increasingly longer trips. So much has the market tightened that several new-built very large crude carriers (VLCC) have made empty maiden voyages from yards in Asia to pick supply from producing …
Read More »Russia-China Gas Pipeline could Take 10 Years to Build
The construction of the second Power of Siberia gas pipeline from Russia to Northern China could take up to 10 years because it involves “tremendous work, jobs and negotiations,” the president of the research division of China’s state energy giant CNPC said this week. Lu Ruquan, president of the CNPC …
Read More »India Adds 7.2 GW of Coal Power to Bolster Energy Security
India has added as much as 7.2 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power capacity in the current fiscal year ending March 2026, which is about 60% above the previous fiscal year’s capacity expansion with four months to go, government data showed on Tuesday. The newly-commissioned capacity in the 2025/2026 fiscal year …
Read More »Eni’s Indonesia Strategy Pays off with Major Gas Discovery
Eni has made a significant natural gas discovery offshore Indonesia, a month after creating a joint venture with Malaysia’s Petronas to combine their offshore assets in Southeast Asia. Eni announced on Tuesday a significant gas discovery in the Konta-1 exploration well in the Kutei Basin, about 50 km (31 miles) …
Read More »U.S. Solar Installations Soar as Developers Rush to Secure Tax Credits
The U.S. solar market saw a significant jump in capacity installations in the third quarter as developers ramp up activity and construction to qualify for the last investment tax credits that are being phased out by the Trump Administration. The industry added 11.7 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) of solar power …
Read More »Iraq’s Massive West Qurna 2 Field Resumes Oil Flows after Brief Outage
Crude flow from Lukoil’s West Qurna-2 storage tanks has resumed toward the major Tuba depots after a weekend shutdown, two energy sources told Quantum Commodity Intelligence. Full field operations are expected to be restored between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., following a precautionary halt triggered by a pipeline leak. West …
Read More »UAE to Hike LNG Exports to Meet Soaring Global Demand
The United Arab Emirates is growing its LNG exports to meet surging global demand that will outpace investment in supply, according to the UAE’s Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei. “We intend not only to satisfy our local demand, but we are also growing our export of LNG,” the minister told Reuters …
Read More »India to Open Nuclear Power to Private Investment in $214 Billion Push
India is close to opening its nuclear power sector to private investment as it seeks to boost installed nuclear capacity tenfold by 2047, which is estimated to cost $214 billion (19.28 trillion Indian rupees). The bill to open the nuclear energy sector to private investment is expected to be passed …
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